is an old province of Japan in the area of

Yamagata Prefecture is a prefecture of Japan located in the Tōhoku region of Honshu. Yamagata Prefecture has a population of 1,079,950 (1 June 2019) and has a geographic area of 9,325 km² (3,600 sq mi). Yamagata Prefecture borders Akita Prefecture to the north, ...

(consisting mostly minus Akumi District). Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "''Ōmi''" in . It was sometimes called , with

Ugo Province is an old province of Japan in the area of Akita Prefecture and some parts of Yamagata Prefecture (specifically Akumi District).Newland, Amy Reigle. (2005). ''The Hotei Encyclopedia of Japanese Woodblock Prints,'' p. 428. It was sometimes calle ...

. This province was in the Tōhoku region of

Honshū , historically called , is the largest and most populous island of Japan. It is located south of Hokkaidō across the Tsugaru Strait, north of Shikoku across the Inland Sea, and northeast of Kyūshū across the Kanmon Straits. The island separa ...

island. It was the place where the

Mogami clan were Japanese ''daimyōs'', and were a branch of the Ashikaga family. In the Sengoku period, they were the Sengoku ''daimyōs'' who ruled Dewa Province which is now Yamagata Prefecture and part of Akita Prefecture. The Mogami clan is derived ...

was established.

Historical districts

** Tagawa District (田川郡) *** Higashitagawa District (東田川郡) *** Nishitagawa District (西田川郡) - dissolved ** Mogami District (最上郡) ** Murayama District (村山郡) *** Higashimurayama District (東村山郡) *** Kitamurayama District (北村山郡) *** Minamimurayama District (南村山郡) - dissolved *** Nishimurayama District (西村山郡) ** Okitama District (置賜郡) *** Higashiokitama District (東置賜郡) *** Minamiokitama District (南置賜郡) - dissolved *** Nishiokitama District (西置賜郡)

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References

* Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric and Käthe Roth. (2005)
''Japan encyclopedia.''
Cambridge:

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